Outdoors

Affordable Gardening Tips

This past spring, I decided to try planting some tomatoes without buying any seeds, soil, or other gardening supplies. Here’s how I did it:

First, I cut toilet paper rolls in half and put them in a tray. I added soil from our compost pile to each half roll. There was a roma tomato in the fridge that was starting to go bad, so I sliced it up and put one slice into each half roll and then covered the slice with a little bit more soil. I watered the plants and put them near the window where they would have adequate sunlight.

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Family

How You Can Help Your Family Finances During These Trying Times

If you’ve watched the news at all lately, you will be aware of the economic turbulence facing almost every country on the planet. It’s important for all of us to protect our families and ensure they are well cared for. What follows is a quick discussion on some ways to tackle taking care of our families during these difficult times.

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Money Saving Tips

Beware Of Power Company Pilot Programs

Not long ago our power company was proactively offering a time-of-use pilot program. I was naïve, and didn’t spend enough time researching it before I enthusiastically signed up. I had originally thought that we would be able to cut our electricity costs, as long as I used our oven, dishwasher, and washer and dryer only during the less expensive periods throughout the day. Unfortunately, I failed to understand how the program actually worked.

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Money Saving Tips

Ways To Reduce Your Power Bill By Reducing Power Usage

Recently we have been paying a lot more than we’d like for power. So we decided to find some ways to cut down our electricity costs. Here’s what we found.

Washing your clothes

Pick permanent press – this dryer setting generally uses the least amount of energy and it’s also easier on your clothes.

Operate your clothes dryer with full loads.

Run dryer on automatic cycles – use an automatic cycle as over-drying wastes energy and damages your clothes.

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